2023 VERDM SA Shelter EX
Friday March 31, 2023 - Saturday April 1, 2023
Veterinary Disaster Management Small Animal Shelter Exercise
Saturday April 1, 2023: Post Exercise Group Photo
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Photo Gallery March 31-April 1, 2023: Please send photos you would like to add to Susan!
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Welcome Students!
(this page is currently being built so check back for more handouts and photos in a couple of days!) Dear Exercise Participants, Thank you for joining the Payne County Animal Response Team (PCART), Oklahoma Medical Reserve Corp (OKMRC), Payne County Office of Emergency Management and OSU Veterinary Faculty for a small animal disaster sheltering exercise March 31 – April 1, 2023.
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NOTE: If you know you would like to sign up to stay engaged with PCART you can follow this link to our 2023 Volunteer Profile Page. Once you click "Submit" your information will be in our database.
In order to deploy with PCART you must become an Oklahoma Medical Reserve Corp volunteer. You can learn how to do that here.
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March 30, 2023
VERDM SA Sheltering Exercise March 31 – April 1, 2023
Pre-Exercise Handouts
VERDM SA Sheltering Exercise March 31 – April 1, 2023
Pre-Exercise Handouts
| preex_handout_packet_03.30.23_final.pdf |
| staubuspcart_temporary_sheltering-osu.3perpage.pdf |
Contents of Pre-Exercise Handout PDF:
Note that we had “evaluators” on-site who will be generating an “after action report. They are not grading anyone!! This is a normal method of learning from each exercise.
One thing that you will hear frequently this weekend and should always keep in mind in an emergency situation is: DO NOT SELF DEPLOY!!
After this exercise you will be provided with the information you would need in order to become credentialed with the Oklahoma Medical Reserve Corp (OKMRC) and to be added to the Payne County Animal Response Team if you desire. This process allows us to work seamlessly together with first responders in an emergency and, importantly, to be covered by liability insurance!
We hope you will decide to join our team to learn more about disaster animal medicine and sheltering and be available in case of an incident in our area that the PCART is deployed to. We also hope that once you graduate and are established in practice you will be interested in either joining or initiating similar area disaster animal response teams in your new community!
The Planning Team is looking forward to working with you!
If you have questions please contact your Volunteer Coordinator for this Exercise, Susan Grammer at [email protected].
Thank you!
https://www.paynecart.org/
- Cover Page previously sent by email.
- Sample Emergency Response Operations Structures. [note that veterinary medical disaster response operations structures are similar to other first responder operations structures – we follow the Incident Command System (ICS) in order to fit into emergency incidents and work seamlessly with other emergency responders]. Operations structures can be fluid depending on the needs at the time.
- General Descriptions of Roles for Disaster Animal Response. [from the PCART Standard Operating Guidelines (SOG) document]. You will be assigned to teams and take on one or more roles during the exercise. In a real response, roles are assigned based on emergency credentials and veterinary experience. For this exercise:
- Animal Agent in Charge will be Dr. Daniel Burba
- Shelter Manager will be Dr. Lesa Staubus
- Safety Officer will be Dr. Alicia Gorczyca-Southerland
- Volunteer Coordinator and Logistics/Supply Officer will be Susan Grammer
- Copy of ICS Form 214 – Activity Log: In an actual response, each participant should keep a log of their roles and activities during each Operational Period.
- Small Animal Shelter Set-Up Checklist.
- List of Items Found on the PCART AKC Pet Disaster Relief Trailer
- List of Shelter Signs found on Trailer
- SART Intake Forms (4)
- OLAFR Equine Intake form
- Sample On Hand Small Animal List – this will likely be done on a wall chart/white board that all can see during the exercise, so this form is for reference only.
- Sample Go Bag List – these are items that you would take with you for a real emergency response. Those required for this exercise are listed above.
Note that we had “evaluators” on-site who will be generating an “after action report. They are not grading anyone!! This is a normal method of learning from each exercise.
One thing that you will hear frequently this weekend and should always keep in mind in an emergency situation is: DO NOT SELF DEPLOY!!
After this exercise you will be provided with the information you would need in order to become credentialed with the Oklahoma Medical Reserve Corp (OKMRC) and to be added to the Payne County Animal Response Team if you desire. This process allows us to work seamlessly together with first responders in an emergency and, importantly, to be covered by liability insurance!
We hope you will decide to join our team to learn more about disaster animal medicine and sheltering and be available in case of an incident in our area that the PCART is deployed to. We also hope that once you graduate and are established in practice you will be interested in either joining or initiating similar area disaster animal response teams in your new community!
The Planning Team is looking forward to working with you!
If you have questions please contact your Volunteer Coordinator for this Exercise, Susan Grammer at [email protected].
Thank you!
https://www.paynecart.org/
